14 October 2009

There Are Plenty of Other Coaches Who Can Get a Tan!

Dear Jim Zorn,

I’m aware that I haven’t written to you in about two weeks; I’ve been busy with work and you’ve apparently been busy coming up with ways to hurt me. Congratulations! You were successful at something, finally. After Sunday’s loss to the Carolina Panthers (seriously? The Panthers?!), I laid in bed, prostrate with grief—okay, I didn’t. But who could blame me if I did? That game was brutal. Everyone felt it.

It started out well enough. As I tweeted during the game, Shaun Suisham’s opening kickoff got to the 2-yard line, which is pretty stellar in all honesty. And you know how I hate praising him. Everyone knows it; I’m not terribly subtle*. Then on the very next play, Albert Haynesworth recovered that fumble and then Clinton Portis got a touchdown. All in less than two minutes.

Aha! I thought. The Panthers are even worse than us! I was certain of victory.

Well, I was certainly wrong.

I could pin this on several mistakes made by our players, but I’m tired and don’t feel like it. Except for mentioning that Shaun Suisham missed a tackle. Yeah, he’s a kicker and a kick returner shouldn’t be able to get past all the rest of our guys and leave it to the guy wearing only one shoe, but I just wanted to give you another reason to fire him. We have to cut our losses somewhere and I think that we should start with him.

So I’m going to pin this loss elsewhere: on you, Jim Zorn. That’s right, your charming witticisms and fake bake tan have only gotten you so far with me and now it’s done. You’re not special! There are plenty of other coaches in the league who can get a tan! And I want Dan Snyder to go ahead and get me one of them.

Actually, strike that. I don’t even care if our next coach can get a tan. I’d rather that he just KNOW HOW TO COACH A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM.

And so farewell, Jim Zorn. Sure, you’ll get more letters from me; I’m nothing if not persistent, after all. But I’m not counting on Dan Snyder sticking by your side at the end of the season. So even if you keep your job through the next eleven games…well…perhaps you won’t be done in the league. Maybe Seattle will take you back as a Quarterback Coach.

Probably not, though.

Bitterly disappointed once again,

Karen

P.S. I take back everything if we finish out the regular season at 13-3. Kthxbai.